D-Day New Guinea: The Extraordinary Story of the Battle for Lae and the Greatest Combined Airborne and Amphibious Operation of the Pacific War by Phillip Bradley

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good to near fine condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges.

The most complete telling of one of the most significant campaigns of the Pacific War and Australia's role in it.

The capture of Lae was the most complex operation for the Australian army in the Second World War. In many ways, it was also a rehearsal for the D-Day invasion of France with an amphibious landing combined with WWII's first successful large-scale Allied airborne operation.

This is not just a book about a successful military campaign that changed the war's course in New Guinea. It also brings together the extraordinary stories of the Australian, American and Japanese participants in the battle and of the fight against the cloying jungle, the raging rivers and soaring mountain ranges that made New Guinea such a daunting battlefield.

Phillip Bradley brings a compelling clarity, humanity and new insight into a little-known but crucial Australian battle of the Pacific War. (back cover)